麗江府志略（民國·卷五） · Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer (Republican-era reprint, Juan 五) · Naxi Digital Library

Chinese: 財用略 鹽戶口 稅田賦 經公件 餘官租 積貯 古者則壤成賦梁州維下中錯蓋視九有為最 磽瘠也麗江居滇極西處萬山中玉龍凝陰盛 夏積雪金沙不涸田疇無利居民刀耕火種荍 麥果腹環數百里之地賦稅不敵一小縣豈地 利未盡歟抑物力止有此數也 國家加意邊夷輕徭薄賦田不丈量惟正之外毫 末不加矣而湛恩汪濊遠及邊鄙夷丁奉 特旨蠲免公件以無著減除蓋自改流以來十數年 間出水火而袵席之昔之謀衣食宮室輿馬金 錢誅求無饜者今不獲脧民以逞民生其際催 科不擾以恬以熙病定思痛能無幸歟書曰德 惟善政政在養民易曰損上益下民說無疆民 猶子也既鞠育之又顧復之寧云得此足乎聚 斂猶盜後之君子其先慎德歟作財用略 戶口 麗江原係無丁夷地雍正元年改土歸流清出夷 丁共二千三百四十四丁編銀六分六釐共額徵

English: Fiscal Summary Household Register Land Tax Public Works Levies Miscellaneous Revenues Official Land Rents Grain Storage In antiquity, the land was graded according to its fertility and tribute apportioned accordingly. Liang Province [in which this region lay] was rated as lower-middle and mixed, showing that it was counted the most barren among the nine provinces. Lijiang lies at the far western extremity of Yunnan, amid ten thousand mountains, where the Yulong Snow Mountain gathe